Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2009, 4:53 PM CDT for Camden County, Miller County, Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2009, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2009, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Camden County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:25 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 N Osage Beach, MO | WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY AT HIGHWAY W AND LANDLAND ROAD |
| May 25, 6:30 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.5 | Gravois Mills, MO | |
| May 25, 7:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nne Laurie, MO | LOW WATER CROSSING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LAKE ROAD 5-16 AND 5-18 FLOODED |
| May 25, 7:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4 | 3 S Gravois Mills, MO | CURRENT STORM TOTAL |
| May 25, 8:33 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Rocky Mount, MO | FLOODING ALONG CACTUS ROAD |
| May 25, 8:33 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 N Village Of Four Sea, MO | FLOODING ALONG RED ARROW ROAD |
| May 25, 8:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 N Lakeland, MO | BRIDGE ALONG BLUE SPRING DRIVE OVER LITTLE GRAVOIS CREEK FLOODED BY 3 FEET OF WATER WITH TREES BLOCKING THE ROADWAY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 172 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KSGF 252153
FFWSGF
MOC029-131-141-260400-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0049.090525T2153Z-090526T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
453 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WESTERN MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.
* AT 449 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES AND PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATE THAT TWO
TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAKE OF THE
OZARKS REGION SINCE 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3853 9275 3844 9263 3842 9240 3786 9241
3787 9262 3789 9263 3790 9307 3818 9306
3819 9308 3854 9308
$$
WISE2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KSGF 260026
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
726 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2009
MOC029-131-141-260400-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-090526T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAMDEN MO-MILLER MO-MORGAN MO-
726 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
CAMDEN...MORGAN AND WESTERN MILLER COUNTIES...
AT 719 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT
FELL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WAS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES AND PUBLIC
REPORTS INDICATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER THE
LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION SINCE 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. A LOW WATER
CROSSING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LAKE ROAD 5-16 AND LAKE ROAD 5-18
WAS REPORTED TO BE FLOODED IN SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY. WATER WAS ALSO
REPORTED TO BE FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY AT HIGHWAY W AND LAKELAND
ROAD IN THE TOWN OF LAKELAND IN WESTERN MILER COUNTY.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.
CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 3853 9275 3844 9263 3842 9240 3786 9241
3787 9262 3789 9263 3790 9307 3818 9306
3819 9308 3854 9308
$$
WISE000
WGUS73 KSGF 260356
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1056 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2009
MOC029-131-141-260406-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-090526T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAMDEN MO-MILLER MO-MORGAN MO-
1056 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2009
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT FOR CAMDEN...
MORGAN AND WESTERN MILLER COUNTIES...
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS EXITING THE AREA. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A FLOOD WARNING WHICH CONTINUES THROUGH 11 AM
TUESDAY. RESIDUAL FLOODING FROM THE EARLIER HEAVIER RAIN WILL
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.
LAT...LON 3853 9275 3844 9263 3842 9240 3786 9241
3787 9262 3789 9263 3790 9307 3818 9306
3819 9308 3854 9308
$$
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.